Sauper masterclass, Zannas #tdf17. "One of my motivations for filmmaking is not to feel alone, to share, celebrate"pic.twitter.com/dS7Mf1HlhI
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Sauper: I'm not a North American director, don't think I can save the world. It's a reduced narrative, change isn't always for good #tdf17
Sauper: Political films can change people's thinking (at best), creators can help us ask questions before things get out of hand #tdf17
Sauper: It's painful to be a European, we carry the history of hundreds of yrs of exploitation, despite ourselves #tdf17
Sauper: Colonial narrative allows us to conquer & kill while 'coming as friends' #tdf17
Sauper's next project: a fiction film in Vietnam. Bomber pilots convalesced in resort town, where old nazis were playing tour guides #tdf17
Sauper: fallout from Darwin's Nightmare, publicity caused ppl in film to be persecuted, had to fight defamation suits by arms dealers #tdf17
Oppenheimer had to relocate ppl featured in his last docu, before screening both it & Act of Killing. Sauper had similar experiences #tdf17
Sauper: I don't persuade people to say things, relationships are built over time. Make sure your subjects want to tell their stories #tdf17
Sauper: Sometimes it takes 3 yrs to find ppl to talk to, sometimes it happens in 3'. You just have to hate the camera & mic ready #tdf17
Livetweeting Hubert Sauper's masterclass at #tdf17. Darwin's Nightmare & We Come As Friends are must-watch docs on colonialism
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